# Amputations involving bone loss at Greenbrier Rail Services
> OSHA SIR `2024021063` · 2/3/2024 · OMAHA, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by rolling, sliding, or shifting objects non-running
- **Source:** Unattached rail car
- **Secondary source:** Heavy rail vehicles  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Greenbrier Rail Services
- **Location:** 4901 South 28th Street, OMAHA, NEBRASKA, 68107
- **NAICS:** 336510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving 8 rail tank cars onto the main lead railroad line and was preparing to connect car 8 to the train. The employee entered the space between the train and rail car 8, facing the train, and went to manually open the knuckle on the coupling. His right hand was on the knuckle and his left hand was on the uncoupling lever. The employee's right hand was pinched between the coupling knuckles of rail cars 7 and 8, amputating the right hand at or near the wrist.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*